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@AnneloesF 40 минут бұрын
That was very helpful, thank you!
@jenwilly7260 13 сағат бұрын
How do you adjust the scale using the fancy metal proportional divider? I bought a brass one off of Amazon, and there were no directions included!
@jacobe1942 6 күн бұрын
thanks for the review I got one just because I could not hurt for inspirations but will see what use it really can be
@Bloomkyaaa 9 күн бұрын
I agree, I do not like these paints much. They're not for controlled paintings and move too much. They look very splotchy and inky in my sketchbook... I think these paints are best for people who do loose paintings like landscapes and large areas to cover.
@HajraMeeks 8 күн бұрын
Ditto!
@nidinen4151 10 күн бұрын
This was so useful. I'm new to gouache and I'm needing some help. So this was just perfect
@bizcoach7 14 күн бұрын
Great review, thank you Hajra.
@AmazinGraceXOXO1 15 күн бұрын
I know Thai is an older video but I loved every minute of it! There was so much useful information!
@amandabartlett309 28 күн бұрын
Helpful thankyou.
@poetreatsartreats2469 29 күн бұрын
Hope you are doing well Hajra! (: 🌻 Tim @poetreats .. my Pentel Kerry told me to reach out to you ✏️
@franciscogomes4416 Ай бұрын
I was about to by this book. Thanks for the advice. Which book you suggest for beginners?
@ad6449 Ай бұрын
Thinking of you and sending good wishes. May you be well and healthy.
@leighperry2404 Ай бұрын
You can find used copies of bothe the 1st and 2nd editions for under $30 now, all over the internet.
@mehmetsbirlik4112 2 ай бұрын
Sorry lady! I believe, your expectations from this book or from artist completely wrong! She didn't promise to share or reveal every detail she achieved during her 4 decades experience in any book created! As an artist,she shared what she loved what she wanted! Stop expecting everything ready to serve to you in life first! Second;build up your knowledge about art before holding brushes! Third; if you have enough knowledge about how to read pictures you don't need some one explain to you prosses. Please! DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE CRITICIZING SOME ONE WAY WAY AHEAD OF YOU! This is just advice from elderly art lover old man!
@HajraMeeks 2 ай бұрын
Wow, you must be having a bad week--that is a very angry rambling comment for an old book review video! Anyway, this book IS about teaching art, so I reviewed it as such. Many books of the same size have excellently covered many artists decades worth of complex techniques in one volume. Several such books have been reviewed on my channel. And actually, I have decades worth of advanced drawing and painting technique experience myself in many mediums, so I think you should have done your homework and looked at my other videos or artwork. 'Nuff said, not saying anything more to you.
@mehmetsbirlik4112 2 ай бұрын
@@HajraMeeks You don't need to be upset, it was just opinion. I saw many talented people claiming themselves as an " Artist " without knowing how to read a piece of artwork! What they say, " Picture hold thousands words if we can read them " You don't have to respond, again it was just my opinion ! Wishing you well!
@tamasurusrex 3 ай бұрын
I adore you, always a pleasure to listen to your wealth of knowledge 🙌🏻💗🙌🏻 you’ve inspired me to try different forms of grissaille, I can’t remember all the technical terms… Verdaille maybe? Etc… I just did my first blue “grissaille” on clay board, woohoo! Thankyou for sharing some free stuff. I’m disabled on a budget so I heavily rely on free info, and I’m very grateful to creators like you ❤
@HajraMeeks 3 ай бұрын
Very kind of you, lovely to hear I had a positive impact on sweet people like you. And congrats on your grisaille on clayboard--sounds exciting!
@fish8cat 4 ай бұрын
Love your channel. I was ready to throw my paint box across the room until I found your channel!
@HajraMeeks 4 ай бұрын
LOL...lovely to hear that. Glad I saved that paint box from being tossed across the room--I've done that before myself!
@NinaQueena 4 ай бұрын
Oh noooo... I just found your channel and was so happy about it, but then I saw: you didnt upload a video for YEARS 😢 Why??? Your content waa so interesting and good!
@HajraMeeks 4 ай бұрын
LOL...it's because I've been very ill with chronic health issues, and also because YT and much of YT 's audience didn't really care for my info-dense videos. People don't really care about good teaching and learning anymore--a few wonderful people like you, but not enough to make a living on YT (and by extention Patreon, Skillshare, etc). I do plan to get back onto YT once my health ever shapes up (still struggling with Hypermobility Disorder complications), but I will be posting as a public service or personal art journey, and rely on other venues for income. Thanks so much for your interest and I wish you all the best in your own epic art adventures, h
@NinaQueena 4 ай бұрын
@@HajraMeeks I'm so sorry, I really hope that you feel better very soon and get well, or at least that your symptoms improve! I still believe that there are enough people who appreciate good art content, but KZbin is so full of channels that it's often very difficult to find the really good ones. Personally, I would be really happy about a comeback from you! Best regards
@sdmbusiness 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your content. 🙏 What brand of proportional divider do you have? Would you recommend the plastic ones, or should I stick with the brass or aluminum ones? Thanks.
@HajraMeeks 5 ай бұрын
Mine is by Alvin, I believe. Depends on how much you use it--you could also use a ruler or metal compass (or even your pencil or finger) for visual measuring marks (see my other videos on prop divider and how to draw anything methods kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGWzgWSIitCqm5Y ). I haven't used dividers as much I thought as I end up just using my pencil or something faster, but the metal Alvin prop divider I have is a beautiful tool to own and use. Plastic or metal will also depend on how large you draw or paint. As I often paint quite small, the finer metal tips are my preference.
@sdmbusiness 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the information! I just purchased a used Alvin on eBay. The quality is much better than anything offered on Amazon!
@sdmbusiness 5 ай бұрын
I have been an art-oriented photographer and am starting the next chapter in my journey with sketching, and eventually painting, though I haven't decided on a medium yet. I'm pacing myself and listening to my intuition. I find your videos quite inspiring. Thank you! 😊
@HajraMeeks 5 ай бұрын
That's so exciting! Glad to provide some info and inspiration on your journey! My favorite mediums are gouache, watercolor, and ink. I've found I can do every style possible with these three. (In contrast, I found oil and acrylic too allergy-inducing and with longer setup and clean up, and found that "dry" mediums like pencil & pastel were too slow and hard on hand muscles.) You'll explore and find out which ones work the best for you. Good luck and have fun!
@sdmbusiness 5 ай бұрын
Thank you. 😊 My mother is a pen and ink wash artist. She mostly has done indigenous people subjects. She uses permanent India ink like water colour. Her work is stunning in its detail and realism. My grandmother was a landscape oil painter using pallet knives. I am most drawn to oil painting but am concerned about the toxicity for my household and the environment. Thank you for your informative and patient way of teaching and sharing with the community. Peace. 😊
@sdmbusiness 5 ай бұрын
Learning so much. Cheers
@HajraMeeks 5 ай бұрын
Wonderful, wishing you much joy in your epic art adventures. :)
@sdmbusiness 5 ай бұрын
Great video. I learned much 👍
@HajraMeeks 5 ай бұрын
Delighted to hear it. :)
@naturalwhitch 5 ай бұрын
Thank you....this video was a scientists dream comparison of three art mediums I'm interested in. Having had to choose between a science or art path in school, I left painting behind in 1992! Due to health I've had to break from the world of research and academia, and I'm desperate to learn about how paints have changed and what's possible. I loved the fact based information, brief explanations of terms and techniques and lack of flowery waffle. Art and science go so well together, it's a shame so few see the overlap and potential for beautiful tables 😂. My ADHD brain also loves the fast paced talking and handwritten comparison....keyboards make information retention so much harder. I will subscribe based on this video alone.
@HajraMeeks 5 ай бұрын
This made my day, thanks so much, you're definitely a kindred spirit! I have a Physics BSc and an Int. History MSc, so I definitely think in a math-science-research way, and find that so much of that overlaps with art process! And this shows up in my color theory vids, medium comparison vids, technique vids, and art history and masters studies vids. Here's a vid with Snell's Law discussion vis-a-vis luminance in watercolor and gouache: kzbin.info/www/bejne/maW9fHWnjdJ8jrc Enjoy!
@MuhammadRiaz-ed1sv 6 ай бұрын
MaashAllah.. Very talented you are.. May you get more of success and happiness
@HajraMeeks 6 ай бұрын
Jazak-Allah khair, brother, very kind of you! Wishing you a Ramadan Kareem and all good things to you and your family, inshallah.
@NeneSimone 6 ай бұрын
After all these years, this is still my go to vid when I need a gouache refresher. Thank you!
@HajraMeeks 6 ай бұрын
awww, so wonderful to hear! I have been trying hard to manage my hypermobility disorder and it has prevented my posting anything for years. But each year, for the past 3+, I keep praying I will finally be well enough to paint again--I'm tentatively planning on resuming art and vids Fall of 2024. Let's hope!
@troyingram716 6 ай бұрын
I want to color with oil
@troyingram716 6 ай бұрын
I can't figure out what medium to use for grisailes. When I finally settle in, should I use alcohol wash?
@mathilda6763 7 ай бұрын
I am a Schmincke girl. mainly because I started with them and they are most easily available where I live, but recently I started to dabble into other paints. if I want reliable results I still like to work with Schmincke (though I had good reliable results with Roman Szmal and White nights), but often I also want to be a bit surprised by the paints and kinda "problem solve" towards a good painting. that's why I like picking limited palettes but also why I also use handmade paints and try out other brands like Qor and Daniel Smith. I find it fun that the same pigment can look different with different brands and I like the Qor for doing more unexpected things. I find Schmincke is very smooth which is good for more conventional works...it's a work horse and I know what to expect, especially if I go for well-known colours, though the more granulating ones do introduce a little pinch of adventure into the painting process. haha I only recently got a Qor set. It's the portrait set. They are a bit more difficult to control. Like you said, I think they were originally formulated to work for bigger paintings, where the higher rate of the pigment spread is a feature not a bug. working with them on smaller portraits (roughly palm-sized) is a bit more tricky but I do like how vibrant they are. they claim that Aquazol is more archival than Honey and Gum Arabic and that it influences the colours less by being clear instead of the mot yellowish tint that other binders have. I don't know... up 'til now I didn't notice a difference in tint. maybe you gotta wait 50 years for it to be apparent.
@kevinshepherd5331 7 ай бұрын
Very educational video. Informative. By adding 2 minutes to your video you could slow your rate of speech delivery down and put put pauses in between sentences to sound more conversational and more personable, rather than sounding robotic. Your method of teaching is graphic and easy to follow.😊
@calaberadecalcio2358 7 ай бұрын
Vengo de el futuro. Me ha encantado la recomendación y Review del libro. Amo el Gouache, y me ha interesado la idea de combinarlo con el aerógrafo.
@zyedaph 7 ай бұрын
Hi! How many gsm is your paper? Looks nice and thick! Your painting is awesome btw. I'm thinking of learning to become a watercolorist.
@HajraMeeks 7 ай бұрын
Hi back! My painting is solely transparent watercolor in this video, thanks for your kind comment. The paper is the common 140 lb Arches-the cold press looks thicker than hot press due to texture. (I don’t buy the thickee 300 lb as it drinks up too much paint, and the 90 lb is too thin and buckles too readily-the 140 lb is the goldilocks just right fit for me).
@torkko50 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for giving Karlyn credit for the Elegant Writer. She was a wonderful teacher. I was very fortunate to be able to live close to her and took classes. She is missed.
@cindyhuebert1616 8 ай бұрын
Very helpful review!
@dream.in.blooms 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this review! I was about to order the book after reading all the great review on Amazon. Are there any other books on watercolor portrait that you would recommend?
@HajraMeeks 9 ай бұрын
You're very welcome. it's not so easy to find realistic watercolor portrait books that go step-by-step. I had to mix and match from drawing, gouache, and watercolor technique books myself. Find digital or print versions of the older books by Andrew Loomis--still the best at teaching how to draw the face or figure in my opinion. You can also try Bull Maughan's head drawing book, which I reviewed way back here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWaceXmml56DgbM. As for painting a realistic portrait in watercolor, I found that Susan Harrison Tustain, did a great video workshop with a watercolor portrait demo of her daughter, I think there's a preview here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYOahJeVZ7CtgMk wishing you epic art adventures, hajra
@dream.in.blooms 9 ай бұрын
@@HajraMeeks Thank you so much for the pointers!
@dream.in.blooms 8 ай бұрын
@@HajraMeeks at last I got the ebook version as I'm really curious. I liked it so much that I ended up buying also the hardcopy. Actually I found her tips really useful! Recently I came across the KZbin channel of the artist misulbu, he/she has some great watercolor portrait tutorials.
@zivauri 10 ай бұрын
Bless you, you saved me money!😊
@HajraMeeks 10 ай бұрын
lol...oh, good!
@christenortiz3759 10 ай бұрын
I mostly came on here to figure out how to take off the black residue on the edges of the paper, after you take it off the block. Any tips/ tricks would be appreciated :)
@HajraMeeks 10 ай бұрын
The black residue is the black glue on the profile of the block. You can shave it off with an exacto knife or sand it off with a sanding block. You can also cut off a sliver of the entire perimeter with an exacto knife or scissors if you want to go faster and don't mind cropping the paper a bit. I usually do the cutting as it's faster and less messy. Others I know also just mat over the edges for display so it's hidden without removal, so you can consider that if you plan on using a mat frame over the piece. Hope that helps!
@naomisuko9203 10 ай бұрын
Excellent work!
@HajraMeeks 10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much, I loved her books as a kid born in the 80s.
@jilliancrawford7577 11 ай бұрын
I love the tissue lift! It's perfect for leather-like textures and rocks!
@HajraMeeks 10 ай бұрын
Yes, that's very fun--the seran wrap is also good for sharper rocks, and try using wax paper over wet paint as that also makes believable rounder rock textures.
@drsfn101 11 ай бұрын
amazing work and very informative video Hajra and Elias are amazing with the questions on point I hope you will be feeling better soon and I will never forget you are the first person to encourage me to do art and your videos have motivated me for years and still do
@Workingartist1 11 ай бұрын
What kind of watercolor paint?
@TracyIndy Жыл бұрын
This has been the most rewarding 30 minutes I have spent online in a very long time. I am so happy to see you back online, Hajra. You have been missed. ❤️ Best wishes to all of us for better health and happiness. 😊
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
SO sweet what you said--made my day! 💕 🎨 ✨ I hope to be more active from mid next year onwards, God-willing, if my health allows it. I've missed doing art and posting stuff for sweet folks like you, too.
@TracyIndy Жыл бұрын
I've missed seeing you and your work for quite a while now. 😍 I only received notice of yesterday's short. 😢 The Labyrinth movie is one of my faves, too. I was just telling a friend about the oustanding acting and makeup of Tim Curry in the movie "Legend". I have never seen a more convincing devil. 😈
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
yeah, YT isn't great about notifications for smaller channels like mine. You are right about Tim Curry in the Legend movie--phenom level. I also adored him in Muppet Treasure Island, he made the best Long John Silver I've ever seen. Thanks so much for your kind words, wishing you a beautiful day.
@TracyIndy 11 ай бұрын
@HajraMeeks 🤣🤣🤣 Now I'm going to have to find that Muppet movie. ⚓️🏴☠️🪙💰
@thiagovieira800 Жыл бұрын
Great video. This is the best video on the subject available online and the only one which helped me answer the questions I had about blending.
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, very kind of you! I aim to be as thorough and lucid as possible, and it's lovely when people feel I've succeeded. 🎨 ✨ 💕
@TracyIndy Жыл бұрын
Great video, instructions, and lovely work. 😍
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, very kind of you! 🎨 ✨ 💕
@TerrieJohnson731 Жыл бұрын
I'm BACK! I have been having fails with EW, and just ordered the 24of Brusho. Hope you are doing well 😊
@rita301977 Жыл бұрын
Hi Hajra, I had an issue of bare spots happening with the natural glass and wondered if you had any tips on how to remedy this? Thank you!
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
This has happened a few times to me as well, and can happen with other varnishes, too. I’ve found that using a sand eraser very gently and brushing off on the varnish resistant bald spot seems to help make the surface more receptive to a coat of varnish if it’s oil or other surface issue which is keeping the varnish off those little bare spots. Be very careful not to rub too hard and lift much paint/medium, just enough to make the surface porous and receptive to a varnish topcoat. If it’s an uneven paper surface gravity issue, just tilt the artwork and reapply to the bare spots. Hope that helps!
@Vrycrankywitch Жыл бұрын
Info on the glue you use ty
@Terry-gg4gf Жыл бұрын
I always prefer the people who leave they're mistakes in. They help to warn us of hazards and they help us to trust you more. Thanks for this.
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, Terry! It's good to have a laugh together over mistakes like this. :D
@Jennifer-bl3sq Жыл бұрын
I am a beginner/intermediate watercolorist….Thank you for your honest review of this book! It really helped me to realize that I shouldn’t buy it due to the lack of detailed info
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, Jennifer! That was the reason I posted this--simply to help beginners understand it's not a beginner book.
@joseynoyb9467 Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry you HATED these paInts. You tend to use the word hate quite a bit don't you? I love these paints.
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
Jeeeez, they're just paints---I can hate 'em if I want, it's a free country.
@coolrunnings3 11 ай бұрын
@@HajraMeeks😨
@nicolettenonya6757 Жыл бұрын
Ooh wow, there are so many terms here I would be fascinated to learn more about! I love your ‘old masters’ triad discussion and would love to see the culmination of this work. Never heard of brunaille (sp?) before, or tiling, although I am a total noob and amateur (no more formal schooling for my broke ass). Your vids are so full of technique bombs, and so straightforward and no BS, I friggin love your teaching/demo style. Also I recently read “Circe” by Madeleine Miller - cool to see a rendering of Penelope, who makes her way into that story :) I hope you’re feeling as well as possible and we will see more of this gem in time!
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
That's all very heartening to hear--you sure know how to make my day! 💕 🎨 ✨ I plan on getting my health together enough to post vids and make art and books again sometime next year, God-willing. In the meantime, check out my painting and underpainting technique vids, which detail grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, tiling, etc. I have a playlist here (I would watch the maple leaf demo vid and the value painting variations vid first so you can see me define the techniques): kzbin.info/aero/PLAMQu8Nf_JPVx9l7Mf3u6jYjvX_7fGCbX
@lilianejonson6634 Жыл бұрын
Are they still selling the Rasa Easel? I can’t find anywhere to buy it!
@HajraMeeks Жыл бұрын
hmmm...I dunno. I've been out of the loop for many things due to being chronically ill. I can't see it for sale online, either, so I guess not. :(